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man unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.

9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also Pa for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had, yet being uncircumcised; that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not cireumeised; that righteousness might be imputed to them also;

12 And the father of circumcision to them, who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father A

a It should be remembered that

the word circumcision here means the Ferus, & uncircumcision, the Gentiles, that is, all nations except the Jews. The apostle is here showing, that the blessedness of pardon and forgive ness of sins, comes upon, or is extended to the Gentiles, as well as the Jews, and for this reason; because Abraham's faith was accounted to him for righteousness, before he was circumcised

faith.

braham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.

13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

14 For if they, which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect.

15 Because the law worketh wrath; for where no law is, there is no transgression.

16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations, before him, whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not, as though they were:b

18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which

bCalleth, or speaketh of those things which do not yet exist, as though they now really existed; for the promise to Abraham that he should be the father of many nations, was made when he was 100 and Sarah 90 years of age, and as yet they had no child; But Abraham believed God that it should be, even according to that, which was spoken.

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was spoken,So shall thy seed be. 19 And, being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb.

20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God:

21 And being fully persuaded that what he had promised he was able also to perform.

22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. 23 Now, it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him;

24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him, that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;

25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. CHAP. V.

1 Being justified by faith, we have peace with God. 12 Sin and death came by Adam, 17 righteousness and life by Christ.

THEREFORE, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

2 By whom also we have access by faith into his grace a wherein we stand, & rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

3 And not only so, but we a Into this gracious covenant of pardon and salvation by Jesus Christ,

wherein we stand.

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glory in tribulations also; knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope;

5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us.

6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

3 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son; much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.b

12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

13 (For until the law sin was in the world; but sin is

b Atonement, a state of reconcilia tion,and salvation, through the medi ation, merits, and death of Christ

by Christ.

Chap. vi.

not imputed when there is no law.

14 Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression,c who is the fig ure of him that was to come.d 15 But not as the offence so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one ma, ny be dead; much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

16 And not as it was by one that sinned so is the gift; for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.

17 For if, by one man's offence, death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall

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The likeness, on account of which Adam is called a figure or type of Christ, who was to come, consists in their communicating to mankind what peculiarly belonged to them; for as Adam communicated sin and death, so Christ communicated righteousness & life; and as Adam was the father of the first or natural life, which all enjoy, so Christ is the author of the second or future life, which all shall regain at the resurrection.

Of living in sin.

reign in life by one, Jesus Christ :)

18 Therefore, as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation ; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.e

19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners; so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

20 Moreover, the law entered that the offence might a bound; but where sin abounded, grace did much more abound;

21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord..

CHAP. VI.

1 We must not live in sin, 2 for we are dead unto it, 12 nor let sin reign in us. 23 Death is the wages of sin. WHAT shall we say, then?

e By justification of life, which is here said to come upon all, we are not to understand pardon and future felicity, for then the impenitently wicked would receive the reward of the righteous which is contrary to the express declaration of scripture; but we are to understand by it the sentence of God, by which Adam and! his posterity were suffered to live awhile here on earth, and by which after death, they will all be raised! from the dead at the last day, to re-ceive the award of their deeds, whe ther they be good or bad..

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Death is the wages

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of sin.

Shall we continue in sin, that unto sin, but alive unto God grace may abound?

2 God forbid : how shall we that are dead to sin live any longer therein ta

3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death?

4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.

8 Now, if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

9 Knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once; but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed

a How shall we, who are exposed to both temporal and spiritual death in consequence of sin, expect by continuing in it, to obtain everlasting life?

through Jesus Christ our Lord. 12 Let not sin, therefore, reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof:

13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin; but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

14 For sin shall not have dominion over you; for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey; his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

17 But God be thanked that ye were the servants of sin ;b but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine, which was delivered you.

18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

19 I speak after the manner of men, because of the infirmity of your flesh; for as

ye

servants to uncleanness, and have yielded your members

But thanks be to God, that although ye were the servants of sin, yet ye have obeyed,, &c.

Of the power of the law: Chap. vii. to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

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1 No law hath power over a man longer than he liveth. 7 The law is not sin, 12 but holy, just, and good.

KNOW ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth ?

2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead she is loosed from the law of her husband.

3 So then, if while her husband liveth she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress ; but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

the holiness thereof: 4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.

7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin but by the law; for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

10 And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

13 Was then that which is

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